More Than Ready has more black-type on the boil in Australia, South Africa and France this weekend.
His South African filly Entisaar has been quoted an even-money favourite for the G3 Pretty Polly Stakes (1100m) in South Africa this Saturday.
Champion trainer Mike de Kock, who is in Dubai with a big team for the World Cup meeting, has stepped his Australian bred two year-old straight into Group company after a debut victory in the LR Ruffian Stakes (1000m) down the same straight course at Turffontein.
Entisaar (2f More Than Ready – Purrpurrlena by Catbird) was a $300,000 buy for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid at the 2014 Inglis Easter yearling sale. Her dam won four races and was also runner-up in a G3 Newcastle Newmarket.
More Than Ready is also represented by Readytogorightnow in G1 Horse Chestnut Stakes at Turffontein this Saturday.
A close relation to More Than Ready’s champion mare More Joyous, he has won 6 times in 19 starts for part-owner Hassen Adams and trainer Justin Snaith. They have already tasted Group 1 glory with the Vinery champion through 2012 Queen’s Plate winner Gimmethegreenlight.
More The Ready’s French filly Pitamore is on track for a Group 1 after finishing second to Sainte Amarante in the LR Prix la Camargo (1600m) at Saint-Cloud on Tuesday.
Pitamore (3f More Than Ready – Pitamakan by Danzig) is being aimed at the French 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Longchamp on May 10 by owners Alain and Gerard Wertheimer.
The brothers came close to winning their first French 1000 Guineas (Poule d’Essai des Pouliches) when Goldikova was runner-up to Zarkova in 2008. She went on to annex 14 Group 1 victories in their blue and white braced silks.
Their father Jacques won the French fillies classic twice in the 1970s with his homebred fillies Dancing Maid (Lyphard) and Ivanjica (Sir Ivor).
In Australia, More Than Ready’s has black-type engagements with Delawar in the G3 Schweppervescence Stakes at Rosehill, Antarctic Missile & Nite Rocker in the LR Manihi Classic at Morphettville and Toned in the LR Pinjarra Cup.
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